Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems

John R. Varcoe; Plamen Atanassov; Dario R. Dekel; Andrew M. Herring; Michael A. Hickner; Paul. A. Kohl; Anthony R. Kucernak; William E. Mustain; Kitty Nijmeijer; Keith Scott; Tongwen Xu; Lin Zhuang

doi:10.1039/C4EE01303D

Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems†

John R. Varcoe,*^a Plamen Atanassov,^b Dario R. Dekel,^c Andrew M. Herring,^d Michael A. Hickner,^e Paul. A. Kohl,^f Anthony R. Kucernak,^g William E. Mustain,^h Kitty Nijmeijer,ⁱ Keith Scott,^j Tongwen Xu^k and Lin Zhuang^l

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
E-mail: j.varcoe@surrey.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1483 686838

^b Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

^c CellEra, Caesarea Business and Industrial Park, North Park, Bldg. 28, POBox 3173, Caesarea, Israel

^d Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA

^e Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

^f School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, USA

^g Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK

^h Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

ⁱ Membrane Science and Technology, University of Twente, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 217, Enschede, The Netherlands

^j School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

^k School of Chemistry and Material Science, USTC-Yongjia Membrane Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 P. R. China

^l Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P. R. China

Abstract

This article provides an up-to-date perspective on the use of anion-exchange membranes in fuel cells, electrolysers, redox flow batteries, reverse electrodialysis cells, and bioelectrochemical systems (e.g. microbial fuel cells). The aim is to highlight key concepts, misconceptions, the current state-of-the-art, technological and scientific limitations, and the future challenges (research priorities) related to the use of anion-exchange membranes in these energy technologies. All the references that the authors deemed relevant, and were available on the web by the manuscript submission date (30^th April 2014), are included.

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Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems†

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